How does it work that we eat few times a day, but usually we poop only once?
Is the colon somehow programmed to buffer the waste until the time is up and then dumps it all further?
Got this thought when observing my dog who eats twice a day (morning and evening) and more or less poops twice a day (morning and evening).
Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.
Naturally we poop way more often, and naturally we ate more often too.
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I shit on company time
Elmo boogieing on the potty is what I see in my head
Thats the one!
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime
If only the inequality gap were this small…
Boss make a grand, I make a buck, that’s why I’m stealing the catalytic converter off the company truck.
/j
Well played!
Society must have taught me poorly because I poop at work as frequently as my body tells me to
We live in a society
You should always poop at work… getting paid to poop is optimal!
Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.
LOL I must have been sick at home during that lesson…
I’m 2-3 times a day. it was 5+ until we figured out my body hates gluten
Unless you are celiac, its likely FODMAPs your body hates. There is a correllation between the amount of gluten and FODMAPs in food that makes watching gluten get part of the picture, but you’re missing the whole picture and thus likely not completely regular yet. FODMAPs are in most things. Onions are concentrated FODMAPs and so is tomato sauce.
My doc gave me this initially https://www.ibsdiets.org/fodmap-diet/fodmap-diet-chart/ but there are others you should cross reference for more food item coverage.
I have to admit. Onions, garlic and mushrooms were haaaaard to remove. Ive turned to Miso and a lot of japanese and thai food with the onions removed from any recipes to get this right.
But now I’m down from 5 poops to 1 poop a day.
I’d be more miserable without that food than I am with gastro issues. Fuck that.
I guess you could always try this hype… https://fodzyme.com/
I’m about to try this diet to get to the bottom of it, but I think onions/garlic seem to be a problem. It’s not that bad a condition, but I’d like to at least be able to know when I’m signing up for indigestion.
I admire your abilities. I still have to learn how to cook without garlic or onion. I keep saying ‘this is the last one’ but now I’m feeling like one of those smokers who can’t quit.
As @[email protected] brought up in his comment, the FODMAP umbrella is huge and everyone is a bit different. Its a process of removing them all and then adding things back slowly and carefully, trying them multiple times to see and test your tolerances. Also, white onion and the white parts of green onions and leeks are bad, but the green parts are ok and much lower in fodmap, so you can get onion flavour other ways. Green pepper is another one that can be combined to give this flavour with a lower fodmap footprint.
At one point I laid out the plan to isolate my trigger foods, but I’ve never been in a stable enough place that I can be picky eating. Working roasting shifts, moving around etc, makes it a pain to take care of my diet. I’m closer now to stability, but I’m going to university 30-40 hours a week and working 35-45 hours on top of that. Eating is more of a calorie thing than a thing i plan to do.
I can empathize. I left it for so long my medical health dictated I do it or I don’t work… so. There’s that.
Wait, you can make food without onion???
Additionally “FODMAP” is a huge umbrella.
Most people don’t have issues with every type in that umbrella. A full FODMAP diet is usually too restrictive for people to get the most out of their diet, and isn’t recommended for most. Ideally you go full FODMAP for a month, then start reintroducing foods until you know which kinds bother you.
Sometimes it can be as simple as eliminating sugar alcohols for the lucky.
Yep. I found I could handle the little bit of blackened onion required for making Pho broth, but a traditional french mire poix 50/25/25 mix of onion/celery/carrot is far too much and we needed to get creative with green onion and leek in place of white onion and celery. Generally we use asian broths and soups more now. I cannot have my favoured sauteed mushrooms anymore but some mushroom based umami bomb in a soup or on a piece of meat is ok in small doses, and I can handle some tomato sauce once or twice a month, but not with onion in it, and no more pizza.
Cuz we’re generally more full of shit than we like to admit.
Once a day? You’re not eating enough fiber.
Because we store poo for later shits
I don’t usually eat more than once or maybe twice a day but often still take more than one shit.
Everyone’s bowels are bitty different.
It is healthier to do it more often.
The rectum is considerably larger than your mouth, and can hold a lot more shit.
You only eat a mouthful per meal?
I generally prefer to not get shit in my mouth at all but you do you.
Humans have a really good digestive tract for getting nutrients out of food. So you take a lot of the mass of the food you eat and use it in your body as energy or building material. As such your poop has significantly smaller mass because it’s made up of all the stuff you’re body can’t use after it’s pulled out so the good bits.
As for dogs my understanding is they have a shorter digestive tract to allow them to eat the nasty stuff does seem to like without getting sick so they are probably less efficient at removing nutrients and poop more proportionally to what they eat.
I would guess (without knowing for sure) that it’s because your body absorbs a part of the food, so you poop out less mass than you eat.
Who is “we”? Speak for yourself, I usually poop after most meals; if I’ve eaten a lot or very spicy or fatty things, I might even poop more than once for the same meal.
The royal poop
Pros poop during the meal.
Gotta be able to make more room for the unlimited bread sticks
no poop knife for this guy, amiright?!
Speak for yourself. I’ve pooped three times before I’m even out of the house.
I have so many queations… Do you work mornings? Night shift? Maybe work from home?
Maybe me works both morning and night shits
Nah, I poop when I wake up, then second time after having my coffee and third time before leaving.
This is the way.
My poops are after my coffee at 10ish, and after work at 4ish. ._. (Im not dead yet, so i guess im doing fine for now)
I usually have to poop 2-3 times after I wake up, the 1st time is usually a dud, then the moment I step out of the bathroom is when things loosen up and I can actually go.
Then sometimes a 3rd time after I’ve moved around a bit more getting ready.
I only shit during worktme during the week. No need to waste my free time when i can get payed to shit.
…You poop only once?
some people poop 3 times daily, others 3 times a week, both are considered normal.
Ever.
Everybody gets one.
I’m planning to use mine on my 40th birthday. It should make for a really special day.
Imagine the dump saved up for 40 years. The relief. Hnnng.
But first the pain of delivery.
Oh… God…
In fairly certain there are days I lose track of many shits I took.
How much you poop is going to vary based both on your body and your diet. Ive read anywhere from 3 times a day to once every 3 days can be normal.
This 2-4 times a day means you have a healthy digestive track. Anything less than once a day is cause for concern.
Who are you? The poop police?
I’m at every two to three days now cause I just can’t be fucked to eat much of anything
3 times a day is normal? that sounds torturous!
It shouldn’t take longer than a minute…
Well, Dr Goldstein clearly doesn’t own a smartphone…
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime - that’s why I poop on company time.
Pooping is one of life’s simple pleasures.
Almost as bad as once every 3 days!
Id agree. Swapped all my carbs to higher fiber carbs a bit ago and I’m still upset when I have to shit twice a day, I could be happily wasting that time instead of having to shit again.
